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Sexual selection

sexual selection

A form of natural selection in which, according to Darwin's theory, the male or female is attracted by certain characteristics, form, colour, behaviour, etc., in the opposite sex; thus modifications of a special nature are brought about in the species.


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... not a product of behavioral speciation, humans display this same mate selection preference behavior. In magazine advertising the looks of "sex ... learning rate (how fast it gains or changes new information/genes). Sexual reproduction has a good amount of crossover exchange which greatly ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:00 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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... less beneficial traits. Originally proposed by Charles Darwin, natural selection is the process that results in the evolution of organism. Can parents ... the original is the definition of speciation in species that unergo sexual reproduction. How can such changes result in reproductive isolation ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16281

Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... asking a real question that challenges evolution to it's core. How did asexual become sexual--so that at the same time one line was evolving useless ... was developing useless sex cells for the female (to be), when natural selection would have been working against half evolved sex cells and organs. ...

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by AFJ
Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:14 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
Replies: 120
Views: 2138

Re: Diversifying selection

Sorry for getting semantical on you. divergence does not only address sexual selection. Any selection can cause divergence. It's a simple concept really. Imagine a standard ...

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by AstusAleator
Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:41 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Diversifying selection
Replies: 15
Views: 438

Re: Diversifying selection

... wrong, but if you look up "diversifying" or "disruptive selection" and "divergent selection" or "divergent evolution" ... what I studied divergent selection is sympatric, but it has to do with sexual selection by sexual preference of certain traits. In one ...

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by AFJ
Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:03 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Diversifying selection
Replies: 15
Views: 438
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